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Author: Bryanwalker
Date: 2016-07-27 23:27
Does anyone have any recommendations of pieces for solo oboe that are suitable for a funeral? My grandfather is currently in hospice and I'm fairly sure that when the time comes my family will ask me to play at his funeral. Any suggestions, either religious (he is a strict Southern Baptist) or secular, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-07-28 00:15
The Schirmer book 'Solos for the English Horn' has a version of Henry Purcell's 'When I Am Laid In Earth' (or 'Dido's Lament' from the opera 'Dido and Aeneas') which can easily be adapted for oboe as it's originally a soprano aria.
Here's a video along with the sheet music - the aria starts at bar 10 (maybe leave out the recitative bars 1-9), Take into account this performance is at Baroque Pitch (415Hz as opposed to 440Hz - much to the confusion of the YouTube commenters) so it all sounds a semitone lower than what's written:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: oboi
Date: 2016-07-28 03:55
Bach's sinfonia to BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing). While it would sound better with an organ accompaniment, I think it would work as a solo. IMSLP has oboe parts in D minor and C minor. I think C minor works better for modern oboe. Keyboard part for C minor is on IMSLP. I've typeset a D- version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRrcMxUMfiM
Off the top of my head, I've done the Saint-Saëns Sonata 2nd mvmt unaccompanied. The ad lib parts can definitely be done without piano.
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Author: KJC
Date: 2016-07-29 07:58
The second movement of Marcello's Concerto for Oboe.
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Author: JohnW
Date: 2016-09-17 03:28
Here's a nice video of Jeremy Polmear plying Dido's Lament on EH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_06XdmbrQ
JohnW
amateur adult beginner, oboe and cor
www.OboeHobo.com
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